With regard to electrical receptacles, the electrical code is the more likely to address that issue. The NEC merely requires that such receptacles be GFCI protected. But I never know about NYC or California codes.

Cannot speak to the code that might or might not apply in that jurisdiction. Check valves not required in my area. The check valves in the supply are not a bad idea. They prevent water from the sink or faucet being drawn back into the supply piping if the supply piping should experience a negative pressure. An episode of the TV series Quincy, M.E. with Jack Klugman featured this problem. The problem is called "cross contamination". I think the episode is Season 5, episode 21 "Deadly Arena". Suppose that the restaurant is located on a hill. Someone hooks a hose to the spout on the faucet to wash vegetables in the sink. Some dirty water is standing in the sink. The open hose end is in that standing water. A large fire breaks out nearby at a lower elevation. The hydrants are used such that the water pressure up the hill at the restaurant becomes lower than atmospheric ( vacuum). Dirty water could be drawn into the supply system from the sink. Plumbing is two distinct systems which are NEVER interconnected. One is SUPPLY, the other is DWV. Faucet spouts (by code) never extend down below the flood rim level of sinks and tubs so that an air gap always exists between the two to prevent cross contamination. It is reported that a prominent physician said that modern plumbing has done more to improve the health of the American people than has all of medical science.

Hello everyone, I find myself in a similar situation, needing to bring my window glass up to WUI (Wildland-Urban Interface) standards for city compliance. I'm wondering if anyone has explored alternative methods to achieve this standard, such as using specialized films or any other relatively straightforward options. Your insights and experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Best Regards Kanth

Hope PRO is still out there! I painted my livingroom in 2011. Today I want to paint my whole house the same color. The round label on my BEHR paint was faded. However by taking a picture with my IPAD, enlarging it, and using a magnifying glass I was able to copy it. I took my written out copy and my IPAD to HD. The associate was only interested in the picture on my IPAD and did’nt even look at what I had written out. She keyed something into the computer which heaven only knows she must have had radar eyes. The old label and the new label are not the same. The color is close but the original color was more green aqua and the new mix is more blue. It is really bugging me. I’ve painted some walls and it just looks so much bluer to me. Is the ”C” on my old label the same as the ”CL” (yellow oxide) that they use now? And if I take only my written out copy of my old label is an associate able to mix paint with only that? Thanks . Any advice will be appreciated.